Main School Reception

School reception staff Miss Carson (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Wardle (Thursday and Friday) can deal with most general day to day enquiries and are well placed to steer you in the right direction for who may be the most appropriate person to contact. 

School Opening Hours:

The school day runs from 8.45am-3.15pm Monday to Friday. This amounts to 32.5 hours in a typical week. Our switchboard is staffed from 8am to 4pm each school day and voicemail messages may be left outside of these hours.

 

At Furze Platt Senior School our staff seek to respond to communications within two working days. Should a matter require longer to resolve we will acknowledge your email and reply in more depth thereafter.

Reporting Student Absence or Appointments

Q: What should I do if my child is off sick or has a hospital, dentist or doctor's appointment?

A:  For more details on Attendance, Illness or Absence please click here.  Please note: students must sign in and out at either Main Reception (Years 7-11) or Sixth Form Reception (Years 12 and 13) when leaving for/returning from appointments.

Medical or Safeguarding issues

If there is a medical or safeguarding issue you would like to discuss other than sickness, you can also email our Attendance Officers attendanceofficers@furzeplatt.net and Safeguarding Mailbox Safeguarding@furzeplatt.net 

 

Q: What if my child requires medication in school?

Please click here to see our Medical Information page.

If your child is taken ill or is involved in an accident during the day, he/she will be cared for by the school nurse or first aid staff until we can contact a parent or guardian.

 

Child Protection & Safeguarding at Furze Platt Senior School

The wellbeing and safety of our students and staff is our number one priority. As such, we take all safeguarding and child protection issues very seriously.

We are committed to ensuring the welfare of all students and require all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.

The school will not tolerate any discriminatory, rude, aggressive or threatening behaviour to any staff, students or any member of our wider community.

Prior to employment all staff (paid or voluntary) are DBS checked for their suitability to work with children and young people. For more information on the Disclosure Barring Service click here.

All staff at the school are provided with mandatory ‘initial’ safeguarding training when they join the school. This is then followed up with annual ‘refresher’ training. Both initial and refresher training sessions cover roles and responsibilities of staff, signs to look out for and what to do in the event of a concern. All safeguarding training is led by the Designated Safeguarding Lead or one of the Deputy Headteachers. Staff also complete online 'Safeguarding in Education' every two years.

The school ensures that all staff have read both the DfE’s https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2 guidance and the school’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy.

 

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Laura Lewis (Deputy Headteacher)

Contact details: email: laura.lewis@furzeplatt.net  tel: 01628 625308 x127

The Senior Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (SDDSL) is:

Rebecca Lake (Deputy Headteacher)

Contact details: email: Rebecca.Lake@furzeplatt.net  tel: 01628 625308 x122

 

The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSL) are:

Key Stage	Head of Key Stage	Year	Head of Progress	Pastoral Manager
3	Andrew Wyles (Assistant Headteacher)   Andrew.Wyles@furzeplatt.net  01628 625308 x492	7	Charlotte Ridgley charlotte.ridgley@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x191	Larna Barney larna.barney@furzeplatt.net   01628 625308 x417
		8	Ben Corbett   ben.corbett@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x356	Maxine Carpenter   maxine.carpenter@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x145
		9	Chris Gill   chris.gill@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x235	Sasha Gumbs   sasha.gumbs@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x151
4	James Dollery (Assistant Headteacher)   james.dollery@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x133	10	Nic Jones   nicolas.jones@furzeplatt.net   01628 625308  x295	Jemma Barney   jemma.barney@furzeplatt.net   01628 625308  x144
		11	Chris Djaelani   christopher.djaelani@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x187	Beth Harper   beth.harper@furzeplatt.net  01628 625308 x164
5	Pete Ging (Assistant Headteacher)   peter.ging@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x601	12	Andrew Colmer   andrew.colmer@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308  x301	Mary Pasa   mary.pasa@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x603
		13	Kate Kalinowski kate.kalinowski@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x361

 

DDSL for SEND

Bethan Stiles (Assistant Headteacher)   Bethan.stiles@furzeplatt.net 01628 625308 x 441

 

The Designated Teacher for Looked After Children is Laura Lewis (Deputy Headteacher)

Contact details: email: laura.lewis@furzeplatt.net  tel: 01628 625308 x127

 

Please contact any member of our safeguarding team on 01628 625308 or via email at safeguarding@furzeplatt.net

All visitors to the school are required to sign in at Reception and to read our 'Safeguarding and safety information for all visitors' leaflet.

 

Headteacher’s Surgery Times

Please telephone the school for an appointment.

 

Emergency Procedures

It is essential for the school to have your correct address, telephone number, and any other telephone numbers where you or a relative may be quickly contacted in the event of an emergency. Please make sure that we keep this information updated by informing us of any changes in your circumstances as soon as they occur by recording any changes here: https://www.furzeplatt.com/page/?title=Updating+Student+Details&pid=281

If a decision is taken to close the school because of bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances, information will be posted on the school website in the first instance. Information will also be posted on our Twitter (@furze_platt) and Facebook (@furzeplattsenior) accounts. Various radio stations will broadcast this information to students, staff and parents. The radio stations and the frequencies are as follows:

Heart Thames Valley 97 FM, 102.9 FM

BBC Radio Berkshire 95.4 FM, 94.6 FM, 104.1 FM, 104.4 FM

 

 

Hiring our Facilities

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